The group today launched a
website designed to educate voters on a
proposed amendment defining marriage as
a union between one man and one women.

Campbell County Delegate Kathy
Byron sponsored the amendment which
easy passed both houses of the
legislature earlier this year.
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*CG 2line Del. Kathy Byron
(R) Campbell Co.

*CG 2line Kent Willis
ACLU Director 15:02:16 DEL. KATHY BYRON/(R) CAMPBELL
:15 COUNTY: MARRIAGE AS IT'S BEEN DEFINED
FOR CENTURIES IS BEING THREATENED BY
THE COURT SYSTEM AND WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE A MARRIAGE AMENDMENT THAT
PROTECTS THE TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF
MARRIAGE AND WITH THAT I BELIEVE, THE
TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF FAMILY.

15:10:02 KENT WILLIS/ACLU DIRECTOR:
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT PUT
IN THE VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION PERMANENT
WORDS ENABLING PEOPLE TO DISCRIMINATE

AGAINST OTHERS BASED ON THEIR SEXUAL
ORIENTATION. THIS WILL ONLY COME BACK
TO EMBARRASS US SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
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Opponents compare the measure to
other civil rights battles and say
they're prepared to fight efforts to
pass it.

The General Assembly has to pass
the amendment again during next year's
session before it can be put before
Virginia voters the following year.
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Democrats are blocking Bolton's
nomination to be the next UN
Ambassador.

The process hit another snag
yesterday when a vote to end debate
about the nomination failed.

The White House still strongly
backs Bolton, saying he is the right
man for the job.
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*CG 2line Scott McClellan
White House Spokesman SCOTT MCCLELLAN/WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN:
WE CONTINUE TO URGE THE SENATE TO GIVE
JOHN BOLTON AN UP-OR-DOWN VOTE. JOHN
BOLTON DESERVES AN UP-OR-DOWN VOTE ON
THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE. HE ENJOYS
MAJORITY SUPPORT. I THINK THAT IS
CLEAR TO EVERYBODY.
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While it may be nice to have more
sunlight -- there's also the risk of
increased exposure to ultraviolet rays.

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TWO SHOT SHANNON/JOY

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Joy Sutton joins us to explain in this
HealthCheck 7 Report.

Shannon,

Skin cancer is on the rise --that
means people need to protect
themselves.
JOY FULL JOY FULL
*CG standup Joy Sutton
jsutton@wdbj7.com But what you might not realize is that
the amount of ultraviolet radiation can
change from day to day -- or from hour
to hour. That's why it's important to
keep track of the UV index.

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INQ=Whether you're spending

*CG locator Roanoke
:

*CG 2line Maggee Dorsey
:

*CG 2line Dr. Allison Divers
Lewis-Gale Clinic Dermatology
:

*CG 2line Dr. Chad Albright
Vistar Eye Center
:

*CG 2line Brenda Berry
:

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Whether you're spending hours in the
sun -- or just a few minutes here and
there, you still need protection from
ultraviolet rays.
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LOTS OF MY FRIENDS DON'T WEAR
SUNSCREEN. THEY THINK IF I'M NOT GOING
TO GET BURNED SO I WON'T GET DAMAGE
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start this thing on the Diamond and the
unemployment line.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT

VO-NAT As Dave Miley found out this

afternoon that he was let go by the
Cincinnati Reds as their manager.
Miley took over the Reds mid-season of
2003 and earned himself the full-time
job after the season. His team is 18
and half games behind first place Saint
Louis, the team that beat the Reds in
Miley's last game. Also fired was
Cinncy's pitching coach Don Gullett who

had been in his position since 1993.
Jerry Narron will take over on an
interim basis as manager and Verne
Ruhle will be the new pitching coach.
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Wimbledon are a totally different
playing service than the last Grand
Slam the French Open.
ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Wimbledon, England
espn2/espn classic Justine Henin-Ardenne found that out
first hand. She just won the French
Open and then proceeded to bow out in
the first round of Wimbledon losing in
3 sets, she is the first winner on the
clay in France to lose in thefirst
round at Wimbledon since 1962.

Also on day 2, defending women's
champion Maria Sharapova won in
straight sets 6-2, 6-2. She did it all
in shoes trimmed with 18-karat gold.

And on the men's side Andy Roddick

won in just 82 minutes in a straight
set win that included 14 aces for the
American.
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session are all coming up this Friday
at Hanging Rock and the Roanoke College
Bast Center.
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*CG locator Bassett :16
:00 Once again the folks at Bassett
Furniture have stepped up to help raise
scholarship money for Roy's Foundation.

Bassett has donated one of its
top of the line recliners from the John
Elway Collection.

The leather chair - complete with
built in cup holders and removable
snack tray retails for $23 hundred
dollars.
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*CG 2line Jay Moore

Bassett Furniture Spokesman
:00

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As most of you know Roy was a
fixture at WDBJ for 30 years before he
died of Liver cancer in April of 2002.

John Elway's twin sister also
died of cancer that same year.
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VO NAT CON'T

The chair from Bassett and Elway
is just one of nearly 100 items that
will be up for grabs Friday night at
the silent and live auctions that get
underway at the Bast Center at 6:30.

Much more on this tonight on News
7 at Six as we hear from John Elway,
himself
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TALENT=MIKE

TALENT=MIKE

GRAPHIC=BAM Take care everybody.

Shannon will be back in just a
moment with the rest of News 7 at Five.

took place, the town of Fincastle is
hosting a reunion Bluegrass Festival.
ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Fincastle :17

This morning, it was announced
that the show would take place on
Saturday, September third.

The original was held on the same
weekend in 1965.

It was dubbed the first
multi-band, multi-day bluegrass
festival ever in the world.

This year's concert will
commemorate that special occasion.
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INQ=The festival will honor...

*CG 2line Peggy Crosson
Historic Fincastle, Inc. @3:45:26.20

PEGGY CROSSON, HISTORIC FINCASTLE,
INC.: THIS FESTIVAL WILL HONOR A LOT OF
ORIGINAL MUSICIANS THAT- THEN PROBABLY
IN 1965 WERE NOT WELL KNOWN, BUT NOW
ARE LEGENDS LIKE BILL MONROE, THE
STATLER BROTHERS AND MANY, MANY OTHERS
WHO WERE AT THE FIRST FESTIVAL PLAYING.
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OQ=... the first festival playing.

VO-NAT VO-NAT :08

Coming up tonight on News7 at
six, we'll have more on the festival
and tell you how the town hopes to
benefit.
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